American Mirror

Experimental Children In Eve's Garden

It wasn't an obvious thing for me to consider, but the thought was persistent. Perhaps that was the best God could do at the time. I don't remember when I first received this Impression or how many times I received it before it became part of what I knew and understood. Early on it annoyed me; for any implication that God could can be insufficient and less than an infallible God was more that I believed I could safely entertain. Besides, I was ambivalent about the source. When I chose to assert divine revelation, I experienced too much anxiety to... Read more →

Men Have No God Given Authority To Dominate Women.

It is important that mothers and fathers teach your sons and daughters that No God gave men authority to dominate women. Creation's design for rational sentient pairs intended the human sexual dyad to be a symbiotic bond. Created out of the same elements, men and women have the same biological systems except for differences in the emotional, physical, and reproductive designs necessary for the propagation of the human species. You can subscribe to the biblical assertion in the book of Genesis that "God took a rib from Adam, the first man, to create Eve, the first woman"; or you can... Read more →

Why Are Republicans Opposed to Environmental Protection?

The Environmental Protection Agency is good for your sons and daughters and for America The Beautiful. So why are Republicans opposed to Environmental Protection.Only the voice of idiots, demons, and mean spirits deride and make fun of environmentalists and others who work to save Earth and America The Beautiful from human desecration and destruction. Right wing-nut jobs and others of myopic narrow minded intellect who attempt to embarrass and ridicule environmentalist by calling them inflammatory names and other such nonsense do not devalue the work they do. A defiled planet Earth will exact severe penalties on you, your children, and... Read more →

It's Time To Start Shaming Rapists Instead Of Rape Victims.

"Why is there more shame in being raped than in being a rapist?" I've read this quote on a number of social media pages. But I've never read a male response that I can remember. At least I have never read a male response that made any sense. Of course, dumb jerks who think they are smart and funny always manage to make an asinine comment about rape. But we aren't talking about them. Men who think rape is funny, or worse believe rape is sometimes a justifiable act, possess no redeeming value and are beyond help. Society's only hope... Read more →

A Historical Look At The Power and Inflluence Of Women's Beauty

Women powered by a healthy emotional sense of well being and a strong healthy self-esteem cannot help but be more beautiful than she would be if she were drained by a weak emotional state of being and suffered from unhealthy low self-esteem. A strong healthy self-esteem as a contributor to a woman's natural beauty is, in part, greatly influenced by her realization and acceptance of the natural strength, power, and influence women have over men. Men have long understood the strength of women, women's influence over men, and the power of a woman's beauty. As a result men have gone... Read more →

When Men Write History Women Are Accessory Companions.

Following a glass or two of wine, my friend raised an interesting question. "About that Garden of Eden Story," she said, "at the creation of our birthing kind, which would a Rational Intelligent Being create first; one who could birth or one who could not? You don't have to answer", she cautioned, "because in reality, in this Patriarchal world, it really doesn't matter , does it? Because that's what happens when men write history--especially when history masquerades as religion, or worse, masquerades as the word of God!" Nevertheless, it was an interesting question, not the same as but not far... Read more →

Real Men Don"t Call Women Names; It's Ugly And Weak, Not Clever And Funny.

Some men are quick to openly call a woman overweight and unattractive, with or without a basis for saying it. Some jerks are even prone to using "fat" and "ugly" to describe women as if it were a funny or clever thing to say. But how many overweight men do you know who were openly conscious and self deprecating about their own ponderous weight and lack of attractiveness. One prime example of this ludicrous hypocrisy is Steve Vaillancourt a Republican State lawmaker from New Hampshire. In full misogyny mode, Vaillancourt had the gall to write a post which claimed that... Read more →

Rape Is Not A Male Right Nor A Juvenile Rite Of Passage

Current news reports give serious credence to the belief that juvenile boys believe they have a natural male right to commit rape and other acts of sexual assault on young girls. We know this because so many incidents of rape and sexual assaults by young men are recorded by them and paraded around in cell phone pictures and proudly posted on Facebook and YouTube. Why? Is it because they are stupid, sociopaths, rape as a rite of passage is baked into their DNA,or society tells them that some rape is OK? Or maybe they have just been badly socialized by... Read more →

Violence Against Women In Eve's Garden Is A Real Outrage.

In 2013 let's hope America put its outrage in proper perspective. In 2012 we were witness to Americans being outraged over a variety of issues. Birthers were outraged over President Barack Obama's birth certificate, or as they considered it, the lack thereof. Some Americans were outraged that the POTUS did not show them his college transcript. Recently, some Americans were "outraged" over what they deemed was the POTUS' "abuse of power" in using an executive order to give members of congress a raise for 2013, never mind the fact that it was likely a ploy to give his GOP opposition... Read more →

What Is The Advantage of Intimacy In A Symbiotic Relationship With God?

Not all who claim God share a symbiotic relationship with God. Lacking the intimacy of a symbiotic relationship with God they do not earn their share of the wealth that Symbiotic Grace offers. Still, lest we ignore the obvious, even without symbiotic intimacy, Creation allows us to live and reap the trappings of success even when we do not serve the experimental purpose of our creation. We may reap all the wealth, success, fame, and power from the political and social environments we can earn, borrow, commandeer, or steal. God does not interfere. Nevertheless, if you live a life that... Read more →

Rules For Keeping Your Prayers Out Of God's Junk Mail File.

We affirm that every one of God's children has a God Given Right to pray to God for any reason. Still, some conditions must be met if we don't want our prayers to end up in a God's slush pile or junk mail file. This is true for all of His children, even His most intimate Symbionts. Fortunately the List is very short. 1. Do not ask God to give you power over another human being's right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of a healthy moral happiness. Just as God will not serve as a talisman through which we... Read more →

What You Ignore About Romney-Ryan Can Hurt You And Kill Your Children.

If you don't know who Ayn Rand is perhaps you should find out. Paul Ryan is a big devotee of Rand's philosophy that selfishness is a virtue. Paul Ryan, like Ayn Rand, believes in a philosophy that justifies privilege of the wealthy and demonizing the working middle class as well as the poor working class. via www.benniewiley.com Related articles Paul Ryan's Budget, Simplified: Save the Rich, Spare the Old, Forget the Poor Ten signs Paul Ryan is dropping acid Paul Ryan: Socialism Must Be Destroyed, and by "Socialism" I Mean Things Like Social Security, Medicare, Food Stamps, and Unemployment Insurance Read more →

Will Man's Taste For Genocide, Greed, And Violence Destroy Humanity?

Every species' driving instinct is to perpetuate its own kind. Every year, salmon swim upstream against a myriad of barriers and difficulties to spawn and make way for the next generation of their species. Some species of insects live for only a few days or only a few hours, their only function, to reproduce the next generation of babies to grow to adulthood. If perpetuation of the species is paramount for "lower" animal forms, why should it be different for humans? We recall a line from a previous post, "Ours is a simple reality. We need God and God needs... Read more →

Why Women Haters Like Rush Limbaugh and Men of His Ilk are a Bane on America

Even men of moderate intelligence should realize that if America is to be and remain a great nation, men must take pleasure in having genuine love and respect for all women. And this love and respect for women must accrue to all women irrespective of any woman's economic status or social status, political party affiliation, ethnic background, nationality, the private or social relationship she shares with men, or any man's personal standards of physical beauty. Americans should show disdain for men like Rush Limbaugh who seem to find pleasure in the vulgar verbal abuse of women and in promoting and... Read more →

Suppose Heaven Is A Black Hole

Every soul requires comfort now and then. But not every soul knows the torment of the Uncomforted Soul. Still, the uncertainty of any significant purpose of our individual human life and the possibility of the eternal existence of our immortal soul commands the attention of all of us at one time or another. Consider Henry, child of God. "I have experienced my share of happiness and disappointment in my life. I have wished for more of the former and less of the latter. On balance I have done okay. I get into trouble only when I choose to compare the... Read more →

How Does America Define Itself and Who Are its People?

Who are we? Every people seek to answer this question of the Communal-I-Am. Every people seek to validate defining responses to this question with rhetoric and behaviors they believe the God, gods, power, or ancient life forms they hold responsible for their existence requires of them. This drive to have a communal Resolution of Being is more than just an attempt by a people to reach an aggregate definition of self in the presence of God; it is necessary if they are to validate any sense of tribal or national freedom,happiness and receive significant relief from communal insecurity. This resolve... Read more →